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FLOWER-STAM D.

SPECIFICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,853, dated May 26, 1885.

Application filed February 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HEiEErcH FERDINAND BEnRENs, a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of VIiamburg, in the German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tlowerstands wherein liowerpots are placed for decorating purposes; and the object of my improvements is to provide such iiower-stands with a movable bottom, the position of which may be altered according to the size of the ilowenpots and the height of the dowers. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l, 2, and 3 show a flower-stand the bottom of which can be raised or lowered, Fig. 1 being a front view, Fig. 2 a top View, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, all partly in sec tion.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the flower-stand illustrated the box b, wherein the iiower-pots are to be placed, is supported by a plate, c, sliding up and down inside the chest-like flower-stand. The reel d, composed of two disks held apart by means of concentrically-arranged rods d', the shaft c of which is provided with levers e, is pivoted beyond the plate c.. To the extremity of each lever e is attached a rod, f, which is connected with the plate c directly or with the guides a of such plate. The combination of levers at both sides of the reel d causes the plate c to be raised or lowered by every rotary motion ofthe reel. The lever g,the fingers of which engage into the rods d of the reel, serves to keep the latter in any position required. VVhen no iiowers are in the box Z1, the iiower-stand may be covered by a plate, h, of marble, wood, or other suitablematerial.

In order that the reel d, which is placed inside the stand, may be conveniently operated from outside, I provide a door, li, in the side of the said stand, so that when the door is opened the lever g can be turned backward on its hinge out of contact with the bar d'. The reel can then be rotated by pressing upon the bars d in either direction, and when the4 plate c is at the desired elevation the lever g can be turned forward and the reel secured.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In owenstands, the combination of the plate a, with the reel d, shaft c, levers e, connecting-rods f, and means for locking said reel, substantially as set forth.

2. In Iiower-stands, the combination of the plate a, the guides c, the connecting-rodsf, the levers e, the reel d, provided with rods d and mounted upon the lever-shaft c, and the hinged lever g, substantially as and for the' purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of two witnesses, this 14th day of Janunary, 188i.

RBERT HEINRICH FERDINAND BEHRENS.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER SPEGHT, DIEDEIcH PETEEsEN. 

